NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory released breathtaking close-up footage of solar flares, revealing the Sun as a complex network of blazing plasma loops and turbulent magnetic fields. The new video captures dark filaments cutting across bright, twisting arcs as massive bursts of energy erupt and constantly reshape in real time. To appreciate the scale: the Sun spans about 1.39 million kilometres in diameter, roughly 109 times the size of Earth. What may appear as tiny sparks in the footage are a

Earth just got hit by one of the strongest solar flares in over a year 🌞⚡️⁠ ⁠ On Nov 11, an X5.1-class flare erupted from the Sun — the biggest of 2025 so far — launching a coronal mass ejection that slammed into Earth on Nov 12 and kicked off a severe geomagnetic storm.⁠ ⁠ The result? Widespread auroras dancing across the skies, disturbed magnetic fields, radio blackouts, and a rare ground level event where energetic solar particles actually reached Earth’s surface.⁠ ⁠ ESA has been closely mon